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04-Sep-2011: Tom Boonen was involved today in a group pile up before the Alto del Cordal. Boonen finished the race regardless, but he suffered a serious contusion to his left hand due to the fall. The Quick-Step rider was taken to the General Hospital in Gijon (Spain) for further tests, that evidenced a fracture to his left scaphoid. 

As a consequence of his hand fracture, Boonen won't be on the start line for the 16th stage of the Vuelta on Wednesday, September 6.

"I was twentieth in the group when in the span of a moment I found myself on the ground, due to a sudden movement of the peloton. I immediately understood that my problem was serious, but I wanted to finish the race and then evaluate what to do together with the team's medical staff. I didn't even manage to hold the handlebar, I had a lot of trouble getting to the finish line. It's a really tough moment for me. I was doing really well in the past few days and, as we're getting closer to the World Championship, it was perfect. The entire scenario changed in a moment. I am very disappointed."

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Samuel Sánchez climbed to victory on the 12th stage but reigning champion Alberto Contador's yellow jersey hopes suffered another blow as the Tour de France hit the high mountains for the first time this year. For Team Sky, Geraint Thomas won the day's combativity prize with a superb breakaway performance while Rigoberto Urán moved into the top 20 on the general classification.

Geraint Thomas, Team Sky Rider:

"I was feeling good and the buzz from the crowd helped a lot as well. We're missing Brad (Wiggins) and wanted to get stuck into the race. We got out there and gave it a good bash. It's just great to be up the front racing on a day like today - it was a great day out.

"I found myself going a bit too hard (up the Tourmalet), I had to back off a bit because I wanted to be able to get up this (Luz-Ardiden) as well.

"We only had about two and a half minutes at the bottom of the final climb so I didn't really fancy my chances to be honest but I kept plugging away and kept on trying. I thought that being caught with seven kilometres to go wasn't too bad but it seemed as though there was another half hour of pedalling after that!

"Everyone is going really well though; morale and confidence is good in the team."

Sean Yates, Team Sky Sports Director:

"G did a great ride today. The plan was to either get him or Edvald (Boasson Hagen) in the break today. If you look at the history book this is a stage where riders have often stayed away from a long break.

"The fact that G was only four or five minutes down on GC didn't really help him. They might have given him more rope if he'd been a couple more minutes down.

"But he got lots of TV time and was right up there until the closing stages so it was a great ride by him.

"Rigoberto held his own well today. There's a long way to go until Paris and there is a lot more climbing to do. It was all about seeing where he was and obviously he has recovered from that injury he picked up in the crash with Bradley. So he is on track for a good GC place.

"Tomorrow is a transitional stage but we'll see how he gets on on the Plateau de Beille which is the next big one."

 

General classification after stage 11

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 45:52:39
2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:49
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:26
4 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:02:29
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:02:37
6 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:02:38
7 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0:02:43
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:02:55
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:03:08
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:36
12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:03:37
13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:45
14 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:03:47
15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:01
16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:04:07
17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:04:22
18 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:04:52
19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:04:53
20 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:05:01
21 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:05:04
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:05:05
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:05:07
24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:05:13
25 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:05:14
26 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:05:21
27 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:32
28 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
29 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:43
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
31 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:05:51
32 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:06:26
33 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:35
34 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:06:40
35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:07:16
36 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:07:20
37 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:07:45
38 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:08:16
39 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:08:45
40 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:12
41 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:47
42 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:32
43 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:11:22
44 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:10
45 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:13:06
46 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:13:37
47 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:14:41
48 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:14:53
49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:15:14
50 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:15:22
51 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:15:32
52 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:20:19
53 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:20:53
54 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:59
55 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:06
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:15
57 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:21:33
58 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:22:02
59 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:22:06
60 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:22:20
61 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:22:50
62 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:22:51
63 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:23:51
64 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 0:24:14
65 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:24:50
66 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:25:13
67 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:25:25
68 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:25:26
69 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:25:59
70 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:26:25
71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:26:53
72 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:27:16
73 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:30
74 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:27:41
75 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:28:05
76 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:28:47
77 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:28:59
78 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:30:05
79 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 0:30:07
80 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:30:41
81 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:30:54
82 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:30:56
83 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:31:04
84 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:31:26
85 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:31:48
86 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 0:32:24
87 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:33:05
88 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 0:33:08
89 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:33:20
90 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:34:17
91 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:34:18
92 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34:26
93 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:35:17
94 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:36:48
95 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 0:37:40
96 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:38:24
97 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:38:26
98 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:38:40
99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:38:51
100 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 0:39:03
101 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:39:52
102 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:40:19
103 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:40:36
104 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:41:01
105 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:42:21
106 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:43:14
107 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 0:43:44
108 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:43:56
109 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:44:16
110 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 0:45:42
111 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
112 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 0:46:28
113 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:46:46
114 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:47:17
115 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:47:43
116 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
117 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:47:47
118 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:48:00
119 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:48:49
120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:48:50
121 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:48:56
122 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:49:01
123 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 0:49:29
124 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:49:38
125 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:50:16
126 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:50:24
127 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:50:41
128 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:51:40
129 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:52:02
130 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:52:13
131 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:52:23
132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 0:52:53
133 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 0:52:54
134 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:52:55
135 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:53:00
136 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:53:06
137 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:53:50
138 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 0:54:39
139 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:55:29
140 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:56:02
141 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
142 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:56:31
143 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:57:37
144 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:59:07
145 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:00:23
146 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:00:39
147 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:00:42
148 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:00:48
149 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1:01:13
150 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:01:32
151 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:01:38
152 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 1:03:02
153 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:03:23
154 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:03:32
155 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:03:49
156 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:05:01
157 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 1:05:20
158 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 1:05:30
159 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 1:06:02
160 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:06:21
161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 1:06:37
162 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:07:40
163 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 1:07:50
164 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 1:07:58
165 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:10:13
166 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 1:10:37
167 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:11:38
168 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:11:53
169 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 1:12:36
170 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:16:48
171 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 1:18:15
172 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:19:15
173 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:20:16
174 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 1:27:59
175 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 1:28:46
176 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:33:10
177 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 1:35:50

Points classification

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 251 pts
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 235
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 231
4 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 164
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 163
6 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 141
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 135
8 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 106
9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 82
10 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 81
11 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 78
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 75
13 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 69
14 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 60
15 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 60
16 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 58
17 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 51
18 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 48
19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 48
20 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 48
21 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 47
22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 46
23 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 46
24 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 45
25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 44
26 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 42
27 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 41
28 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 40
29 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 40
30 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 40
31 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38
32 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 37
33 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 36
34 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 36
35 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 34
36 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 33
37 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 32
38 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 32
39 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 31
40 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 29
41 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 28
42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 28
43 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 27
44 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 27
45 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 26
46 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 26
47 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24
48 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 24
49 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 23
50 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 22
51 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 22
52 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20
53 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 20
54 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 18
55 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 16
56 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 15
57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 15
58 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 15
59 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 15
60 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15
61 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15
62 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 15
63 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 14
64 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 13
65 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
66 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13
67 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 13
68 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 13
69 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 13
70 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13
71 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 11
72 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 11
73 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11
74 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 11
75 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 11
76 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 11
77 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 10
78 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 10
79 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 10
80 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 9
81 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 8
82 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 8
83 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8
84 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 7
85 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 7
86 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
87 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 6
88 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 6
89 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 4
90 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 4
91 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3
92 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
93 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 2
94 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2
95 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2
96 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 2
97 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1
98 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1
99 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1
100 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 1
101 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1
102 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team -5

Mountains classification

1 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 22 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 17
3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 5
4 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5
5 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 5
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 5
7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 4
8 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 3
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 2
10 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2
11 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 2
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
13 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2
14 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 1
16 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1
17 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1
19 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 1
20 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1
21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 1

Young rider classification

1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 45:56:40
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:51
3 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:01:20
4 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:42
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:01:50
6 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:34
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:03:19
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:03:44
9 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:11
10 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:46
11 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:08:09
12 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:16:18
13 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:16:52
14 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:58
15 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:18:01
16 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:18:49
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:19:50
18 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 0:20:13
19 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:20:49
20 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:21:12
21 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:21:25
22 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:30:17
23 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:36:35
24 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:43:42
25 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:43:46
26 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:44:55
27 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:45:00
28 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:47:39
29 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:48:12
30 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:48:54
31 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:51:28
32 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:53:36
33 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:55:06
34 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:01:00
35 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:02:20
36 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 1:23:58
37 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 1:24:45

Teams classification

1 Team Europcar 136:55:55
2 Leopard Trek 0:00:32
3 Team RadioShack 0:01:02
4 Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:18
5 Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:50
6 AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:23
7 Katusha Team 0:04:40
8 HTC-Highroad 0:04:55
9 Quickstep Cycling Team 0:06:14
10 Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:07:45
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:23
12 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:10:45
13 Pro Team Astana 0:10:50
14 Liquigas-Cannondale 0:11:25
15 Sky Procycling 0:11:29
16 Movistar Team 0:16:42
17 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:18:26
18 BMC Racing Team 0:18:36
19 FDJ 0:20:44
20 Saxo Bank Sungard 0:23:46
21 Lampre - ISD 0:26:45
22 Saur - Sojasun 0:36:16

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Movistar Team had their minutes of podium again today at the 2011 Tour de France as José Joaquín Rojas went back to put on his green jersey as leader of the points classification in the Grande Boucle. José Joaquín Rojas gained the coveted maillot back on stage 7, a long, 218k ride through the heart of the country from Le Mans to Châteauroux, marked again by crashed which could fortunately be avoided by the lads directed by Eusebio Unzué.

 

With the daily break on front -four escapees this time-, Rojas was 2nd into the bunch sprint at the intermediate bonus, just after Cavendish and two places ahead of Belgian Philippe Gilbert, which put him as virtual maillot vert before confirming it at the proper finish with the 9th place, the Murcian now on top with nine points over Gilbert and 17 over Cavendish, who nears the Movistar Team sprinter after his win on Friday. Rojas commented on stage during the way back to the hotel: “One of the main goals on today was taking the green jersey back and we did it, but I think it was my worst sprint in this year's Tour. It was a super-nervious finish, and even though I find my place from nowhere in other sprints, I couldn't make it today. It was really hard for me to get into position, and the only positive thing I keep from today's is that I seized the jersey again. I can't ask more from the team; they are where they're supposed to be and Ventoso was at my side until the 2km banner. It might have seemed as a transition day from the television, but it was a hard day for our stamina. I hope to go through better days and, overall, making many more stages on this jersey. My biggest enemy? Maybe Cavendish more than Gilbert, because he's showing he's super strong, but there's still two weeks left and it's hard to say who will be my biggest rival to win this jersey in Paris."

 

The first real mountain-top finish of this year's French grandtour comes tomorrow at the Super-Besse ski resort (Cat. 3), which will be tackled after the Col de la Croix-de-Saint-Robert, the first Cat. 2 ascent of this tour.

 

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06-Jul-2011: At about 10 km before the feed-zone Sylvain Chavanel fell hard on his right side, ending up off road and dislocating the acromion-clavicular joint in his right shoulder. 

"In the fall I also hit my head and broke my helmet” Chavanel says. “The consequences could have been much worse. Tomorrow morning I’m lining up for the start as usual, but it’s obvious that tomorrow I can look forward to a day of suffering." 

At about 70 km from the arrival it was Boonen, Steegmans, Ciolek and Engels who bit the asphalt. The four guys were pedalling close together when someone ahead of them took a fall and they all ended up on the ground.

"To avoid the riders ahead of me I braked but my front wheel touched another athlete’s back wheel” Boonen says .“I flew over my bike in an endo and I fell, hitting my head and the right side of my body. My helmet busted on impact."

In the fall Boonen suffered a series of abrasions to his shoulder, elbow and right gluteus, which is sporting a rather deep cut. 

"After the first few minutes of shock I got back on my bike and I wanted to finish the stage” continues Boonen. “I have to thank Engels for his support. Alone I would have risked ending up outside of the maximum time. Now all I only want to recover some Energy from tomorrow."

Boonen will be starting tomorrow’s stage.

In the fall Gert Steegmans took some scrapes to his knee and his left shoulder. The Belgian rider is also suffering from pain in his left wrist. Steegmans will line up for the start tomorrow. 

Kevin De Weert also fell with Contador in a stretch about 100 km from the arrival, fortunately without any consequences.

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The 98th Tour de France started with a hectic stage. On the roads to Mont des Alouettes several crashes troubled the riders. Tom Boonen was the only rider of the Quick-Step Cycling Team who could avoid the problems and finished in the first group. Here is what Tom Boonen, Kevin de Weert and French champion Sylvain Chavanel had to say after the stage:

Tom Boonen 
"The last kilometres were super fast. There were some incredible accelerations, practically sprints within the sprints. In the last metres I was right on Hushovd's back wheel, in a good position. When Gilbert took off we all tried to sprint, but there was nothing to be done. The arrival wasn't exactly suited to my skills but I tried, I did the maximum. As the first stage of the Tour it was quite active and defined by a very hot day. We'll see how it goes in the coming days." 

Kevin de Weert 
"I chundered at about 2 kilometres from the arrival, luckily with no major consequences. I've just got a few scrapes on my right knee. Too bad because I was in the first group and could have been useful to the team. The most important thing is that I'm classificated with the same time of the first group." 

Sylvain Chavanel 
"Today was a stupendous occasion to shine, but I got caught in the dustup about 2 km from the arrival. I couldn't explain the dynamic, all I know is I hit the ground when another rider hit me. It could have been much worse, fortunately none of the riders on our team suffered any consequences”



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23 Jun-2011: Quick-Step Cycling Team is pleased to announce that Tom Boonen has renewed his contract with the team.

Boonen will race with the team guided by Patrick Lefevere for the next two seasons (2012 and 2013), with an option to extend his contract until 2014.

"We are very satisfied about the agreement we have reached," Team Manager Patrick Lefevere said. "Our team's history is strictly connected to Tom's history. Our team grew thanks to Tom, too, just like his personal achievements and the trophies he got are a result of the effort our team made to help him. Tom has been with us ever since the team was founded in 2003, and it's a pleasure to be able to go on working together."

"I always said this team was my first choice," said a satisfied Boonen. "I feel great here, it's like a family. There's a good, professional environment which is exactly what I want. I had a long chat with Patrick about the sports goals, and not just those, that he and Mr Bakala have for the team in the near future, and I was fascinated by their ideas. I am proud Patrick asked me to be a part of it, it's a big sign of the team's trust and consideration for me. Reaching this agreement will be a further incentive to do my best in the next few races and to give the team new successes as soon as possible”

 

Quick-Step Cycling team officially announced the team that will compete at the upcoming Tour de France.

"We have a very competitive team for the Tour de France, that will be able to challenge everyone in every situation," said Sports Director Wilfried Peeters. "We will try to race aggressively just like we did last year. The first week of the competition is very interesting. Some of the arrivals perfectly fit the characteristics of our riders. Generally speaking anyway the Tour, throughout the three weeks, always offers good chances to shine for riders who attack like Chavanel, Pineau, Devenyns and Terpstra. We will try to keep up with those who break away from the peloton, and we'll do everything we can to win a stage, this being our main goal for the race. We will also have riders like Boonen, Ciolek and Steegmans in our team, who will be able to try and win sprints should the occasion arise. They will also try different winning solutions in other circumstances. The team will support De Weert in any case in the most difficult stages, and whenever necessary. Engels will be the one to support De Weert mainly, being a rider with great experience. De Weert's main objective will be to try and further improve his placement compared to his last Tour de France. We have an expert and motivated team in general, with everyone being well-aware of their role and tasks. We start this Tour de France in the best possible conditions, both physically and mentally."

 

 

Riders		Tom Boonen (BEL) Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Gerald Ciolek (GER) Kevin De Weert (BEL) Dries Devenyns (BEL) Addy Engels (NED) Jerome Pineau (FRA) Gert Steegmans (BEL) Niki Terpstra (NED)
Sports Director		Davide Bramati (ITA) Wilfried Peeters (BEL)
Website		http://www.letour.fr/
Stages
02.07.11	Stage 1	Passage du Gois, La Barre-de-Monts - Mont des Alouettes, Les Herbiers	191.5 km
03.07.11	Stage 2	Les Essarts - Les Essarts	23.0 km (TTT)
04.07.11	Stage 3	Olonne-sur-Mer - Redon	198.0 km
05.07.11	Stage 4	Lorient - Mûr-de-Bretagner	172.5 km
06.07.11	Stage 5	Carhaix - Cap Fréhel	164.5 km
07.07.11	Stage 6	Dinan - Lisieux	226.5 km
08.07.11	Stage 7	Le Mans - Châteauroux	218.0 km
09.07.11	Stage 8	Aigurande - Super-Besse Sancy	189.0 km
10.07.11	Stage 9	Issoire - Saint-Flour	208.0 km
11.07.11	Restday	Le Lorian Cantal	0.0 km
12.07.11	Stage 10	Aurillac - Carmaux	158.0 km
13.07.11	Stage 11	Blayes-les-Mines - Lavaur	167.5 km
14.07.11	Stage 12	Cugnaux - Luz-Ardiden	211.0 km
15.07.11	Stage 13	Pau - Lourdes	152.5 km
16.07.11	Stage 14	Saint-Gaudens - Plateau de Beille	168.5 km
17.07.11	Stage 15	Limoux - Montpellier	192.5 km
18.07.11	Restday	Département de la Drôme	0.0 km
19.07.11	Stage 16	Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Gap	162.5 km
20.07.11	Stage 17	Gap - Pinerolo	179.0 km
21.07.11	Stage 18	Pinerolo - Galibier Serre-Chevalier	200.5 km
22.07.11	Stage 19	Modane - Alpe d'Huez	109.5 km
23.07.11	Stage 20	Grenoble - Grenoble	42.5 km (ITT)
24.07.11	Stage 21	Créteil - Paris Champs-Elysées	95.0 km
Hotel		29/07 - 04/07 Château de la Verie Route de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, 85300 Challans 04/07 - 06/07 Golfe Hotel 91 rue Winston Churchill  Giratoire du Racker  56000 VANNES   06/07 - 07/07 Hôtel l'Abbaye 12, rue Marie-Paule Salonne, 22130 Plancoet 07/07 - 08/07 Novotel Le Mans Boulevard Robert Schumann, Les Sablons, 72100 Le Mans   08/07 - 09/07 Inter hôtel Amarys Le Forum, Route de Montluçon, 36330 Le Poinçonnet-Chateauroux 09/07 - 10/07 Auberge de la Petite Ferme Route du Foyer de ski de fond, 63610 Besse et Saint-Anastaise   10/07 - 12/07 Hôtel du Lac Le Bourg, 15150 Lacapelle Viescamp 12/07 - 13/07 Campanile Albi Avenue delattre de Tassigny, 81000 Albi   13/07 - 14/07 Comfort'Inn 5, avenue des Cretes, RN 113, 31520 Ramonville Saint Agne 14/07 - 16/07 Hôtel de Gramont 3, Place Gramont, 64000 Pau   16/07 - 17/07 Mercure Porte de la Cité 18, rue Camille Saint-Saens, 11000 Carcasonne 17/07 - 19/07 Château-Hôtel du Monard Domaine de la Valdaine, 26740 Montboucher sur Jabron   19/07 - 20/07 Inter Hôtel Gapotel 18, avenue Emile Didier, 05000 Gap 20/07 - 21/07 Hôtel Parlapa Via Fornace 49, 10091 Alpignano, Italy   21/07 - 22/07 Parc Hôtel Central Parc, 05100 Briançon 22/07 - 23/07 Club Med La Sarenne Route de l'Altiport, 38750 Alpe d'Huez   23/07 - 24/07 Domaine des Fontaines Chemin des Fontaines, 38190 Bernin